Malcolm Defends Reese (16 Dec. 2005)

When Malcolm's arch nemesis and former teacher, Mr.Herkabe, crosses the line and hurts Reese's feelings too many times. He decides to pay him back for hurting his brother by revealing his ... See full summary »

Director:

Bryan Cranston

Writers:

Linwood Boomer (creator), Matthew Carlson

Stars:

Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Jane Kaczmarek	...	Lois
Bryan Cranston	...	Hal
Christopher Masterson	...	Francis (credit only) (as Christopher Kennedy Masterson)
Justin Berfield	...	Reese
Erik Per Sullivan	...	Dewey
Frankie Muniz	...	Malcolm
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mimi Cozzens	...	Donna
Chris Eigeman	...	Lionel Herkabe
Fiona Hale	...	Edna Thornby
Kathryn Joosten	...	Claire
Tom Lent	...	Janitor
Vanessa Marano	...	Gina
James Rodriguez	...	Jamie
Lukas Rodriguez	...	Jamie
Steve Vinovich	...	Mr. Hodges

Storyline

When Malcolm's arch nemesis and former teacher, Mr.Herkabe, crosses the line and hurts Reese's feelings too many times. He decides to pay him back for hurting his brother by revealing his former teacher's awful secret. He had flunked Gym and lied about it. Becauses of that truth, the Principal decides to strip him of his trophy and hand it back to the one who passed gym, despite her blindness. Meanwhile, Hal gives Dewey a ton of wrong advices to a girl he likes.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 December 2005 (USA)

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Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

At then end when Lois is calmly sitting at the table and tells Hal that Claire died she then cheerfully jumps up to check on the cookies she's baking. She pops one oven mitt on the wrong way (thumb side out). But two seconds later when she's taking the Snickerdoodles out of the oven both mitts are on each hand the right way.

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